Tax dodgers targeted

A NEW package of measures aimed at curbing tax dodging was announced by the Government yesterday.

George Osborne claimed it was “one of the largest ever packages of tax avoidance and evasion measures presented at a Budget”. The Government said it is to implement a crackdown on offshore tax evasion, tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning. Collectively, it said the announcements will raise more than £4.6bn in new revenues over the next five years and protect against the loss of billions of pounds of revenues through the immediate closure of 10 loopholes.

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